This is mine. Got it from Ishibashi in Japan last year. Its just a beautiful guitar. Nitro finish, lovely neck profile and top notch fit and finish. In a completely different league to Epi's and (allegedly) on a par, if not in front of Gibbos. Mind you, thats just what I've heard from others, but I could have got two and a half of these for the cost of one Gibson!
I changed the stock pickups to Duncan 59 and Custom Custom to make it a bit more rockin, but lots of other people have kept it stock and are satisfied. I absolutely would not hesitate to get another - its my favourite player

Originally posted by gassyndrome
This is mine. Got it from Ishibashi in Japan last year. Its just a beautiful guitar. Nitro finish, lovely neck profile and top notch fit and finish. In a completely different league to Epi's and (allegedly) on a par, if not in front of Gibbos. Mind you, thats just what I've heard from others, but I could have got two and a half of these for the cost of one Gibson!
I changed the stock pickups to Duncan 59 and Custom Custom to make it a bit more rockin, but lots of other people have kept it stock and are satisfied. I absolutely would not hesitate to get another - its my favourite player

Its a Japanese Tokai Es-120. I think you can see the headstock a bit in this photo - its an exact openbook Gibson style.
Heres someone elses from the Tokai Forum. Crazy flamed, and remember these guitars go for something about $1200 -1300 US to your door